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Renowned for playing a long list of historical figures, particularly in Biblical epics, the tall, well built and ruggedly handsome Charlton Heston is one of Hollywood's greatest leading men and remained active in front of movie cameras for over sixty years. Heston was born John Charles Carter on October 4th 1924 in Evanston... See full bio »

Born:

John Charles Carter
in Wilmette, Illinois, USA

Died:

(age 84) in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
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2010 Genghis Khan: The Story of a Lifetime
Trogul
 
2003 Rua Alguem 5555: My Father
The Father (Josef Mengele)
 
2003 Ben Hur (video)
Ben Hur (voice)
 
1998-2002 Sworn to Secrecy: Secrets of War (TV series)
Narrator
– Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh's Revolution (2002) … Narrator
– Cold War: The Kennedy Years (2001) … Narrator
– Cold War: Brezhnev's Kremlin (2001) … Narrator
– Cold War: Khrushchev's Regime (2001) … Narrator
– The Hunt for Atomic Secrets (1999) … Narrator
See all 41 episodes »
 
2001 The Order
Prof. Walter Finley
 
2001 Planet of the Apes
Zaius (uncredited)
 
2001 Cats & Dogs
The Mastiff (voice)
 
2001 Town & Country
Eugenie's Father
 
2000 The Outer Limits (TV series)
Chief Justice Haden Wainwright
– Final Appeal (2000) … Chief Justice Haden Wainwright
 
1999 Any Given Sunday
AFFA Football Commissioner
 
1999 Camino de Santiago (TV mini-series)
Professor Marcelo Rinaldi
 
1999 Gideon
Addison Sinclair
 
1999 Bagpipe: Instrument of War - Part 2 (TV movie)
Narrator
 
1998 Bagpipe: Instrument of War - Part 1 (TV movie)
Narrator
 
1998 Armageddon
Narrator (voice)
 
1998 Adventures from the Book of Virtues (TV series)
Cincinnatus
– Citizenship (1998) … Cincinnatus (voice)
 
1997 Hercules
Narrator (voice)
 
1996 Hamlet
Player King
 
1996 Alaska
Perry
 
1996 The Dark Mist
Narrator (voice)
 
1995 The Avenging Angel (TV movie)
Brigham Young
 
1994 In the Mouth of Madness
Jackson Harglow
 
1994 The Great Battles of the Civil War (TV mini-series documentary)
Abraham Lincoln
 
1994 Texas (TV movie)
Narrator
 
1994 True Lies
Spencer Trilby
 
1994 SeaQuest 2032 (TV series)
Abalon
– Abalon (1994) … Abalon
 
1993 Tombstone
Henry Hooker
 
1993 The Bold and the Beautiful (TV series)
Charlton Heston
– Episode #1.1692 (1993) … Charlton Heston
– Episode #1.1691 (1993) … Charlton Heston
– Episode #1.1675 (1993) … Charlton Heston
– Episode #1.1676 (1993) … Charlton Heston
– Episode #1.1677 (1993) … Charlton Heston
See all 7 episodes »
 
1993 Wayne's World 2
Good Actor
 
1992 Noel (TV movie)
Narrator (voice)
 
1992 Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 (TV movie)
Captain Al Haynes
 
1992 Gengis Khan
Togrul
 
1991 The Crucifer of Blood (TV movie)
Sherlock Holmes
 
1991 Cults: Saying No Under Pressure (video)
Narrator
 
1990 Almost an Angel
God (uncredited)
 
1990 The Little Kidnappers (TV movie)
James MacKenzie
 
1990 Solar Crisis
Adm. 'Skeet' Kelso
 
1990 Treasure Island (TV movie)
Long John Silver
 
1989 Original Sin (TV movie)
Louis Mancini
 
1989 Call from Space (short)
Alien (voice)
 
1988 A Man for All Seasons (TV movie)
Sir Thomas More
 
1987 Christmas Night with the Two Ronnies (TV movie)
Various Roles
 
1987 The Two Ronnies (TV series)
Bar Customer: Pinocchio II Segment
– 1987 Christmas Special (1987) … Bar Customer: Pinocchio II Segment
 
1987 The Dame Edna Experience (TV series)
Chuck
– Episode #1.4 (1987) … Chuck (uncredited)
 
1987 Proud Men (TV movie)
Charley MacLeod Sr.
 
1985-1987 The Colbys (TV series)
Jason Colby
– Crossroads (1987) … Jason Colby
– The Dead End (1987) … Jason Colby
– Betrayals (1987) … Jason Colby
– Devil's Advocate (1987) … Jason Colby
– Return Engagement (1987) … Jason Colby
See all 49 episodes »
 
1985 Dynasty (TV series)
Jason Colby
– The Titans (1985) … Jason Colby
– The Man (1985) … Jason Colby
– The Californians (1985) … Jason Colby
 
1984 Nairobi Affair (TV movie)
Lee Cahill
 
1983 Chiefs (TV mini-series)
Hugh Holmes
– Part 3 (1983) … Hugh Holmes
– Part 2 (1983) … Hugh Holmes
– Part 1 (1983) … Hugh Holmes
 
1982 Mother Lode
Silas McGee / Ian McGee
 
1980 The Awakening
Matthew Corbeck
 
1980 The Mountain Men
Bill Tyler
 
1978 Gray Lady Down
Capt. Paul Blanchard
 
1977 Crossed Swords
Henry VIII
 
1976 Two-Minute Warning
Capt. Peter Holly
 
1976 Midway
Captain Matt Garth
 
1976 The Last Hard Men
Sam Burgade
 
1975 The Fun of Your Life (short)
Narrator
 
1974 Earthquake
Stewart Graff
 
1974 The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge
Cardinal Richelieu
 
1974 Airport 1975
Alan Murdock
 
1973 The Three Musketeers
Cardinal Richelieu
 
1973 Soylent Green
Detective Thorn
 
1972 The Call of the Wild
John Thornton
 
1972 Skyjacked
Capt. Henry 'Hank' O'Hara
 
1972 The Special London Bridge Special (TV movie)
Tennis Player
 
1972 Antony and Cleopatra
Marc Antony
 
1971 The Omega Man
Neville
 
1970 The Hawaiians
Whip Hoxworth
 
1970 Julius Caesar
Marc Antony
 
1970 Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Taylor
 
1970 The Don Adams Special: Hooray for Hollywood (TV movie)
Narrator
 
1969 Number One
Ron (Cat) Catlan
 
1968 Will Penny
Will Penny
 
1968 Planet of the Apes
George Taylor
 
1968 Elizabeth the Queen (TV movie)
Robert Devereaux, Earl of Essex
 
1967 Counterpoint
Lionel Evans
 
1967 All About People (short)
Narrator
 
1966 Khartoum
Gen. Charles 'Chinese' Gordon
 
1966 What Is a Boy (TV movie)
 
1965 The War Lord
Chrysagon
 
1965 The Agony and the Ecstasy
Michelangelo
 
1965 Major Dundee
Major Amos Charles Dundee
 
1965 The Greatest Story Ever Told
John the Baptist
 
1963 The Patriots (TV movie)
Thomas Jefferson
 
1963 55 Days at Peking
Maj. Matt Lewis
 
1963 Diamond Head
Richard 'King' Howland
 
1962 The Pigeon That Took Rome
Captain Paul MacDougall/Benny the Snatch/Narrator
 
1961 El Cid
El Cid Rodrigo de Bivar
 
1961 Alcoa Premiere (TV series)
Paul Malone
– The Fugitive Eye (1961) … Paul Malone
 
1959 Ben-Hur
Judah Ben-Hur
 
1959 The Wreck of the Mary Deare
John Sands
 
1958 The Buccaneer
Gen. Andrew Jackson
 
1958 The Big Country
Steve Leech
 
1958 Touch of Evil
Mike Vargas
 
1956-1958 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Charles Gray / Major Jesse Price
– Point of No Return (1958) … Charles Gray
– Forbidden Area (1956) … Major Jesse Price
 
1958 Shirley Temple's Storybook (TV series)
The Beast
– Beauty and the Beast (1958) … The Beast
 
1955-1957 Climax! (TV series)
Chipman / Lt. Paul Peterson
– The Trial of Captain Wirtz (1957) … Chipman
– Bailout at 43,000 Feet (1955) … Lt. Paul Peterson
 
1951-1957 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
– Switch Station (1957)
– One Is a Lonesome Number (1951)
 
1956 Three Violent People
Capt. Colt Saunders
 
1956 The Jackie Gleason Show (TV series)
Guest
– Episode dated 29 December 1956 (1956) … Guest
 
1956 The Ten Commandments
Moses
 
1955 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Tim
– The Seeds of Hate (1955) … Tim
 
1955 Lucy Gallant
Casey Cole
 
1955 Omnibus (TV series)
– The Birth of Modern Times (1955)
 
1952-1955 Robert Montgomery Presents (TV series)
Cashel Bryon / Melody Jones / Peter Handley
– Along Came Jones (1955) … Melody Jones
– The Closed Door (1952) … Peter Handley
– Cashel Byron's Profession (1952) … Cashel Bryon
 
1955 The Private War of Major Benson
Maj. Bernard R. 'Barney' Benson
 
1955 The Far Horizons
Lt. William Clark
 
1954 Secret of the Incas
Harry Steele
 
1954 The Naked Jungle
Christopher Leiningen
 
1954 Danger (TV series)
– Freedom to Get Lost (1954)
 
1954 Your Show of Shows (TV series)
– Episode dated 16 January 1954 (1954)
 
1953 Bad for Each Other
Dr. Tom Owen
 
1953 Medallion Theatre (TV series)
– A Day in Town (1953)
 
1953 Arrowhead
Ed Bannon
 
1953 Pony Express
Buffalo Bill Cody
 
1953 The President's Lady
President Andrew Jackson
 
1950-1953 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV series)
– Elegy (1953)
– Hear My Heart Speak (1950)
 
1953 Three Lives (short)
Commentator
 
1952 Ruby Gentry
Boake Tackman
 
1952 The Savage
James 'Jim' Aherne Jr./War Bonnet
 
1952 Curtain Call (TV series)
– The Liar (1952)
 
1949-1952 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
Edward Rochester / Gunnery Officer / Heathcliff / …
– The Wings of the Dove (1952)
– A Bolt of Lightning (1951) … James Otis
– Macbeth (1951) … Macbeth
– Letter from Cairo (1950)
– Wuthering Heights (1950) … Heathcliff
See all 13 episodes »
 
1952 The Greatest Show on Earth
Brad Braden
 
1951 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
– Route 19 (1951)
 
1949-1951 Suspense (TV series)
– Santa Fe Flight (1951)
– Suspicion (1949)
 
1950 Dark City
Danny Haley
 
1950 The Clock (TV series)
– The Hypnotist (1950)
 
1950 Julius Caesar
Antony
 
1941 Peer Gynt
Peer Gynt
 
Show ShowDirector (3 titles)
1988 A Man for All Seasons (TV movie)
 
1982 Mother Lode
 
1972 Antony and Cleopatra
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
Show ShowThanks (7 titles)
2009 Circus Maximus (video) (grateful thanks)
 
2009 The New Bike (short) (acknowledgment)
 
2008 A Federal Case (in memory of)
 
2001 Sensurround: The Sounds of Midway (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2001 Rescued from the Closet (video documentary) (special thanks)
 
1994 Wyatt Earp: Walk with a Legend (TV documentary) (special thanks)
 
1984 George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (documentary) (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (227 titles)
2013 Cooper and Hemingway: The True Gen (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
 
2006 The People's President (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2004 Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic (TV documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
 
2003 Lasting Love (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 20/20 (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 20 December 2002 (2002) … Himself
 
2002 The Face of Evil: Reinhard Heydrich (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2002 Gala Paramount Pictures Celebrates 90th Anniversary with 90 Stars for 90 Years (TV movie)
Himself
 
2002 2002 ABC World Stunt Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter (uncredited)
 
2002 Bowling for Columbine (documentary)
Himself (also archive footage)
 
2002 Film Genre (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Epic (2002) … Himself
 
2002 The Making of 'Tombstone' (video documentary short)
Himself - 'Henry Hooker'
 
2001 Eco Challenge: US Armed Forces Championship (TV movie)
Himself - Narrator
 
2001 MADtv (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #7.7 (2001) … Himself
 
2001 Last Party 2000 (documentary)
Himself - President of the NRA
 
2001 The Making of 'Midway' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2001 Larry and Vivien: The Oliviers in Love (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995-2001 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself / Himself - Actor
– Jennifer Jones: Portrait of a Lady (2001) … Himself
– Susan Hayward: The Brooklyn Bombshell (1998) … Himself (also archive footage)
– Roddy McDowall: Hollywood's Best Friend (1998) … Himself
– Rex Harrison: The Man Who Would Be King (1998) … Himself - Actor
– John Wayne: American Legend (1998) … Himself
See all 9 episodes »
 
2001 Planet of the Apes: Rule the Planet (TV documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2001 The Gun Deadlock (TV movie)
Himself
 
2001 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Intimate Portrait (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Shirley Jones (2001) … Himself
 
2000 The Weber Show (TV series)
Himself
– ...And Then Larry Brought Charlton Heston Home (2000) … Himself
 
2000 Legendary Hollywood Homes 2 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2000 When the Pipers Play (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2000 Heston of the Apes (short)
Himself
 
2000 Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints (documentary)
Himself
 
1999 The Howard Stern Radio Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 8 May 1999 (1999) … Himself
 
1999 E! Mysteries & Scandals (TV series)
Himself
– Orson Welles (1999) … Himself
 
1999 Forever Hollywood (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1999 The 20th Century: Yesterday's Tomorrows (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Private Screenings (TV series)
Himself
– Charlton Heston (1998) … Himself
 
1998 The Roseanne Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.27 (1998) … Himself
 
1998 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 8 October 1998 (1998) … Himself
 
1998 Behind the Planet of the Apes (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Alaska: Spirit of the Wild (documentary short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1998 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: In Search of (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1998 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1998 The 70th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Past Winner
 
1998 Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero (documentary)
 
1998 Friends (TV series)
Himself
– The One with Joey's Dirty Day (1998) … Himself
 
1998 The Best of Hollywood (TV documentary)
Himself - Interview
 
1997 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV special)
Himself - Honoree
 
1997 Space Ghost Coast to Coast (TV series)
Himself
– Dam (1997) … Himself
 
1997 Charlton Heston Presents the Bible (video documentary)
Himself
 
1997 To the Galaxy and Beyond with Mark Hamill (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1997 Dennis Pennis R.I.P. (video)
Himself
 
1997 Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1997 The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 June 1997 (1997) … Himself
 
1997 I Am Your Child (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Dennis Miller Live (TV series)
Himself
– Gun Control (1997) … Himself
 
1997 To Be on Camera: A History with Hamlet (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1995-1996 Corazón, corazón (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 2 December 1996 (1996) … Himself
– Episode dated 2 December 1995 (1995) … Himself
 
1996 Ben Johnson: Third Cowboy on the Right (documentary)
Himself
 
1994-1996 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.215 (1996) … Himself
– Episode #3.104 (1994) … Himself
 
1996 The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (TV series)
Himself
– Charlton Heston (1996) … Himself
 
1996 Very Important Pennis (TV series)
Himself
– Very Important Pennis: Part 1 (1996) … Himself
 
1996 Shirley MacLaine: Kicking Up Her Heels (video documentary)
 
1996 Mysterious Origins of Man (TV documentary)
Host
 
1996 Andersonville Diaries (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
1996 Ruby Wax Meets... (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Goldie Hawn (1996) … Himself
 
1996 Àngels de nit (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.2 (1996) … Himself
 
1996 A Century of Science Fiction (video documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Clive Anderson Talks Back (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #10.8 (1995) … Himself
 
1995 America: A Call to Greatness (TV documentary)
Host
 
1995 Bob Hope: Memories of World War II (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995 The 52nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter: Cecil B. DeMille Award
 
1995 Advanced English: Interviews with the Famous (TV series)
Himself
 
1994 This Is Your Life (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Charlton Heston (1994) … Himself
 
1994 The 51st Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
1994 Wyatt Earp: Walk with a Legend (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1994 The Bible According to Hollywood (video documentary)
Himself
 
1994 A Century of Cinema (documentary)
Himself
 
1993 The 53th Annual Golden Apple Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1987-1993 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Himself - Host / God / Various
– Charlton Heston/Paul Westerberg (1993) … Himself - Host (as Captured Slave Charlton Heston)
– Charlton Heston/Wynton Marsalis (1987) … Himself - Host / Various / God
 
1993 Mystery of the Sphinx (TV documentary)
Host
 
1993 The 14th Annual CableACE Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1992 MGM: When the Lion Roars (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– The Lion in Winter (1992) … Himself
 
1992 The 18th Annual People's Choice Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter: Favourite Motion Picture
 
1992 Dying for a Smoke (video documentary)
Himself
 
1992 Symphony for the Spire (documentary)
Westmoreland/Poetry reciter
 
1991 The 51th Annual Golden Apple Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1991 One on One with John Tesh (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.55 (1991) … Himself
 
1991 Reflections on the Silver Screen (TV series)
Himself
– Charlton Heston (1991) … Himself
 
1991 Això és massa! (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 25 June 1991 (1991) … Himself
 
1991 All-Star Salute to Our Troops (TV movie)
Himself
 
1991 Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
1990 A Night on Mount Edna (TV movie)
Himself
 
1990 The 50th Annual Golden Apple Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1990 The 62nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Documentaries
 
1990 Entertainment Tonight (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 10 January 1990 (1990) … Himself
 
1990 With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1990 The Hollywood Road to Oz (TV documentary)
Host
 
1989 The 34th Annual Thalians Ball (TV movie)
Himself
 
1989 Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary (TV special)
Himself
 
1989 The 15th Annual People's Choice Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Favourite Television Miniseries
 
1989 The 7th Annual Golden Boot Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1989 The London Programme (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Saving the Rose Theatre (1989) … Himself
 
1989 Wogan (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 19 May 1989 (1989) … Himself
 
1989 The Arsenio Hall Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.53 (1989) … Himself
 
1989 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Gregory Peck (TV special)
Himself
 
1989 Comic Relief III (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1988 Korea: The Unknown War (TV mini-series documentary)
General Douglas MacArthur (voice)
 
1988 Gran premio internazionale della TV (TV series)
Himself
– 5th Edition (1988) … Himself
 
1988 America's Tribute to Bob Hope (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1988 The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood Stuntmen (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1987 The 32th Annual Thalians Ball (TV movie)
Himself
 
1987 The Dame Edna Experience (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.5 (1987) … Himself
 
1987 The USA Today's 5th Anniversary Gala (TV movie)
Himself
 
1987 Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1987 The 44th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Cecil B. DeMille Award
 
1987 Eclipse of Reason (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1987 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbara Stanwyck (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1986 Lou Rawls Parade of Stars (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 27 December 1986 (1986) … Himself
 
1986 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
Himself
– Walt Disney World's 15th Anniversary Celebration (1986) … Himself
 
1986 All-Star Tribute to General Jimmy Doolittle (TV movie)
Himself
 
1986 Liberty Weekend (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1986 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Directed by William Wyler (1986) … Himself
 
1977-1986 Good Morning America (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 3 April 1986 (1986) … Himself
– Episode dated 25 November 1977 (1977) … Himself
– Episode dated 24 November 1977 (1977) … Himself
 
1986 The Starlight Annual Foundation Benefit (TV movie)
Himself
 
1986 The 43rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special)
Himself - Co Host
 
1986 An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1986 The 12th Annual People's Choice Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter: Favourite Actor in Motion Picture and Accepting Award for Favourite New Television Dramatic Program
 
1985 All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (TV movie)
Himself
 
1969-1985 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 4 December 1985 (1985) … Himself
– Episode dated 15 December 1981 (1981) … Himself
– Episode dated 8 November 1978 (1978) … Himself
– Episode dated 22 February 1977 (1977) … Himself
– Episode dated 10 December 1976 (1976) … Himself
See all 12 episodes »
 
1985 CNN Special Assignment (TV movie)
Himself
 
1985 50th Presidential Inaugural Gala (TV movie)
Himself
 
1985 Television's Vietnam (video documentary)
Narrator
 
1985 Bob Hope's Happy Birthday Homecoming (London Royal Gala) (TV movie)
Himself - Performer
 
1985 Aspel & Company (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.1 (1985) … Himself
 
1985 The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal (documentary)
Himself
 
1984 The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team (TV movie)
Himself - Performer
 
1983 The 55th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Hersholt Award
 
1983 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to John Huston (TV special)
Himself
 
1982 All-Star Birthday Party at Annapolis (TV movie)
Himself
 
1982 Arena (TV series documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
– The Orson Welles Story (1982) … Himself - Interviewee
 
1982 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Frank Capra (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1982 Let Poland Be Poland (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1981 The Way They Were (TV special)
 
1981 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Fred Astaire (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1980-1981 The John Davidson Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 19 March 1981 (1981) … Himself
– Episode dated 11 December 1980 (1980) … Himself
– Episode dated 3 November 1980 (1980) … Himself
– Episode dated 8 July 1980 (1980) … Himself
 
1981 This Is Your Life: 30th Anniversary Special (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1963-1981 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 3 February 1981 (1981) … Himself
– Episode dated 8 August 1980 (1980) … Himself
– Episode dated 23 November 1977 (1977) … Himself
– Episode dated 22 November 1977 (1977) … Himself
– Episode dated 2 April 1974 (1974) … Himself
See all 7 episodes »
 
1981 All-Star Inaugural Gala (TV movie)
Himself
 
1980 The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Picture
 
1980 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to James Stewart (TV special)
Himself
 
1979 The 16th Annual Humanitarian Awards Dinner of National Conference of Christians and Jews (TV movie)
Himself
 
1979 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Alfred Hitchcock (TV special documentary)
Himself - President of the American Guild of Actors
 
1979 Evening Magazine (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 11 January 1979 (1979) … Himself
 
1964-1978 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 29 November 1978 (1978) … Himself
– Episode dated 15 October 1974 (1974) … Himself
– Episode dated 18 May 1973 (1973) … Himself
– Episode dated 14 May 1973 (1973) … Himself
– Episode dated 8 June 1972 (1972) … Himself
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1978 America 2-Night (TV series)
Himself
– 60 Seconds of Fame (1978) … Himself
 
1978 The 50th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Hersholt Award Recipient
 
1978 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Henry Fonda (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1978 Science Fiction Film Awards (TV documentary)
Himself - Presenter
 
1977 Donahue (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 8 December 1977 (1977) … Himself
 
1977 The American Film Institute's 10th Anniversary Special (TV movie)
Himself - Host
 
1976 America at the Movies (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1975-1976 Dinah! (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.152 (1976) … Himself
– Episode dated 3 February 1975 (1975) … Himself
 
1976 The 48th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Hersholt Award
 
1976 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to William Wyler (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1976 They Were There (documentary short)
Himself
 
1975 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Orson Welles (TV special)
Himself
 
1974 ABC Late Night (TV series)
Himself
– That's Entertainment! 50 Years of MGM (1974) … Himself
 
1974 The 46th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Leading Role
 
1974 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to James Cagney (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1973 Dinah's Place (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 23 October 1973 (1973) … Himself
 
1973 Jack Paar Tonite (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 18 October 1973 (1973) … Himself
 
1956-1973 Today (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 18 April 1973 (1973) … Himself
– Episode dated 30 October 1956 (1956) … Himself
 
1973 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to John Ford (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1973 The 45th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Co-Host & Presenter: Honorary Award to Edward G. Robinson
 
1973 Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1973 A Look at the World of SOYLENT GREEN (documentary short)
Himself
 
1969-1972 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.183 (1972) … Himself
– Episode #2.220 (1970) … Himself
– Episode #1.10 (1969) … Himself
 
1972 Film Night (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 26 February 1972 (1972) … Himself
 
1972 Our Active Earth (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1971 Parkinson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.21 (1971) … Himself
 
1971 V.I.P.-Schaukel (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #1.3 (1971) … Himself
 
1971 The Dick Cavett Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 15 November 1971 (1971) … Himself
 
1971 Vietnam! Vietnam! (documentary)
 
1971 The Irv Kupcinet Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 21 August 1971 (1971) … Himself
 
1971 The Last Man Alive (documentary short)
Himself
 
1970 King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (documentary)
Himself
 
1970 The Festival Game (documentary)
 
1969 Rod Laver's Wimbledon (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1969 The Heart of Variety (documentary short)
Himself
 
1968 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.220 (1968) … Himself
 
1957-1968 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself / Actor - Dramatic Reading / Dramatic Reader
– Episode #21.39 (1968) … Dramatic Reader
– Episode #21.30 (1968) … Dramatic Reader
– See America with Ed Sullivan: Chicago (1960) … Actor - Dramatic Reading
– Episode #13.31 (1960) … Actor - Dramatic Reading
– Episode #13.15 (1959) … Himself
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1968 The Movie Experience: A Matter of Choice (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1968 Rowan & Martin at the Movies (documentary short)
Himself
 
1967 The 39th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Honorary Award to Yakima Canutt
 
1967 The American Film: 1966 White House Festival of the Arts (documentary short)
Himself/Narrator
 
1967 Think Twentieth (documentary short)
Himself
 
1967 While I Run This Race (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1966 The Linkletter Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 29 June 1966 (1966) … Himself
 
1966 A Whole Scene Going (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.23 (1966) … Himself
 
1966 Cinema (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Charlton Heston (1966) … Himself
 
1965 The Eamonn Andrews Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.11 (1965) … Himself
 
1965 The Jack Paar Program (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode #3.27 (1965) … Himself - Guest
 
1965 The 37th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Audience Member
 
1965 F.D.R. (TV mini-series)
Voice of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
 
1965 The Egyptologists (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1963 The World's Greatest Showman: The Legend of Cecil B. DeMille (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1963 A Tribute to John F. Kennedy from the Arts (TV movie)
Himself
 
1963 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 30 January 1963 (1963) … Himself
 
1963 The Five Cities of June (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1962 At This Very Moment (TV movie)
Himself
 
1962 The Milton Berle Spectacular (TV movie)
Himself
 
1962 The Milton Berle Show (TV series)
Ben-Hur / Himself
– Episode dated 9 March 1962 (1962) … Himself / Ben-Hur
 
1962 The Buick-Berle Show (TV series)
Ben Hur / Himself
– Special (1962) … Himself / Ben Hur
 
1961 An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving (TV movie)
Himself
 
1960 The 12th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1960 The Revlon Revue (TV series)
Himself
– Tiptoe Through TV (1960) … Himself
 
1956-1960 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV series)
Himself - Guest / Himself - Actor
– Episode #5.25 (1960) … Himself - Guest
– Episode #4.26 (1959) … Himself - Guest
– Episode #2.11 (1956) … Himself - Actor
 
1960 The 32nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Best Actor Winner
 
1960 Hedda Hopper's Hollywood (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1959 The 31st Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Sound
 
1958 Screen Snapshots: Salute to Hollywood (documentary short)
Himself
 
1957 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Himself
– Dennis Weaver (1957) … Himself
 
1956 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 28 October 1956 (1956) … Himself - Mystery Guest
 
1956 The George Gobel Show (TV series)
Himself / Sketch Performer
– Episode #2.17 (1956) … Himself/Sketch Performer
 
1955 Person to Person (TV series documentary)
Himself - Guest
– Episode #3.7 (1955) … Himself - Guest
 
1955 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself - Host / Himself
– Episode #5.39 (1955) … Himself - Host
– Episode #5.38 (1955) … Himself - Host (also archive footage)
– Episode #5.36 (1955) … Himself
– Episode #5.31 (1955) … Himself - Host
– Episode #5.30 (1955) … Himself - Host
 
1955 The $64,000 Question (TV series)
Substitute Host
 
1955 Sheilah Graham in Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 21 March 1955 (1955) … Himself
 
1951 Your Show of Shows (TV series)
Himself - Guest Performer
– Episode #3.16 (1951) … Himself - Guest Performer
– Episode #3.6 (1951) … Himself - Guest Performer
 
1950 Introducing Charlton Heston (short)
Himself
 
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2012 60 Minutes (TV series documentary)
 
2011 Time Shift (TV series documentary)
 
2011 Special Collector's Edition (TV series)
 
2011 The Parade
Ben Hur (uncredited)
 
2011 A Night at the Movies: The Horrors of Stephen King (TV documentary)
Neville
 
2011 Welsh Greats (TV series documentary)
 
2011 Sing Your Song (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2010 20 to 1 (TV series documentary)
 
2010 Cine catastrófico (documentary short)
Graff
 
2009 A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Hollywood on the Tiber (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 The 81st Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Memorial Tribute
 
2009 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Memorial Tribute
 
2008 Entertainment Tonight (TV series)
 
2008 The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - In Memoriam
 
2008 The O'Reilly Factor (TV series)
 
2008 Religulous (documentary)
George Taylor (uncredited)
 
2008 Il falso bugiardo
Himself
 
2007 La rentadora (TV series)
 
2007 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: 10th Anniversary Edition (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Manufacturing Dissent: Uncovering Michael Moore (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 La tele de tu vida (TV series)
 
2007 La mandrágora (TV series)
 
2006 De Madrid a la Lluna (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 I Love the '70s: Volume 2
Himself
 
2006 Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (documentary)
Moses (uncredited)
 
2006 Battleground (TV series documentary)
 
2006 The Naked Archaeologist (TV series)
 
2005 La Marató 2005 (TV special)
Himself
 
2005 Sexes (TV series)
 
2005 Passion & Poetry: Major Dundee (video short)
Himself
 
2005 Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema (video documentary)
Himself (2001 Interview)
 
2004 101 Most Unforgettable SNL Moments (TV movie)
Himself
 
2004 Rated 'R': Republicans in Hollywood (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 The Thief of Bagdad (short)
Texan Empire-Builder
 
2004 Michael Moore, el gran agitador (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
2003 Christmas from Hollywood (video documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Circle of Honor (TV series documentary)
 
2003 Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (video documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Images of Indians: How Hollywood Stereotyped the Native American (TV documentary)
Himself/Ed Bannon (from Arrowhead (1953)) (uncredited)
 
2003 A Patriot at the Podium (video documentary)
Himself
 
2002 The Definitive Elvis: The Hollywood Years - Part I: 1956-1961 (video documentary)
Himself
 
2001 El informal (TV series)
 
2001 He Walks in Beauty: The George Stevens Production 'The Greatest Story Ever Told' (video documentary short)
Himself - Actor
 
2000 72nd Annual Academy Awards Pre-Show (TV special)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1999 Heroes of Comedy (TV series documentary)
 
1999 The Best of Film Noir (video documentary)
Himself
 
1996 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1995 Get Shorty
Mike Vargas (uncredited)
 
1995 Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater (TV series)
 
1992 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
 
1983 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
 
1979 The Horror Show (documentary)
 
1967 Mondo Hollywood (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1965 Verifica incerta - Disperse Exclamatory Phase (documentary short)
 
1953-1957 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
 
1955 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
 

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Other Works:

(1998) Radio commercials: Bud Light beer See more »

Publicity Listings:

5 Print Biographies  | 14 Interviews  | 62 Articles  | 2 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Charlton Easton | Captured Slave Charlton Heston

Height:

6' 3" (1.91 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[1999] I marched for civil rights with Dr. [Martin Luther King] in 1963 - long before Hollywood found it fashionable. But when I told an audience last year that white pride is just as valid as black pride or red pride or anyone else's pride, they called me a racist. I've worked with brilliantly talented homosexuals all my life... See more »

Trivia:

Owned more than 400 modern and antique guns. See more »

Trademark:

His deep, commanding voice See more »

Nickname:

Chuck See more »

Star Sign:

Libra